income taxes

State News

4:12 pm

Mon March 23, 2015

There's just one week left until lawmakers in Springfield go on a two-week spring break, and leaders from both parties say they want to use this week to close the budget holes left in this year's budget.

State News

1:34 pm

Tue February 17, 2015

Social service agencies that depend on state funding are closely watching Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner ahead of his budget address Wednesday. That’s because some services - like jobs for young people - aren’t being funded at levels they were before.

State News

6:03 am

Tue July 23, 2013

A candidate for Illinois governor says he wants to see the state’s income tax rate drop in 2015. Democratic challenger Bill Daley says two years ago, the legislature approved a hike in the income tax rate. He’d allow that hike to expire in two years.